CROYDON CENTRAL

Andrew Pelling First elected as MP for Croydon Central in 2005. Was suspended from the Conservative party for two months following his arrest in Sept 2007 for assaulting his wife, he was subsequently released without charge and re-admitted to the Parliamentary Conservative party. In January 2008 it was announced he was suffering from clinical depression. He will step down at the next election. Of course he didn't get the sack or cause a by election he just stuck it out until the next election so he can get himself a very handsome pension at the tax payers expense. But there is also rumours that Mr Pelling did want to stand again as a CON but the CONS wouldn't have him, he may well consider standing as an independent.

Candidates listed so far

Cliff Le May BNP
Gavin Barwell (Conservative)
Gerry Ryan (Labour)
Stephen Dering (Liberal Democrat)
Bernice Golberg (Green)
John Cartwright (Official Monster Raving Loony)
Ralph Atkinson (UKIP)
Winston McKenzie (UNITY PARTY)

General Election 2005:

Conservative Andrew Pelling 19,974 40.8 +2.3
Labour Geraint Davies 19,899 40.6 −6.6
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Hargreaves 6,384 13.0 +1.8
UKIP Ian Edwards 1,066 2.2 +1.0
Green Bernice Golberg 1,036 2.1 N/A
Veritas Marianne Bowness 304 0.6 N/A
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright 193 0.4 –0.5
The People's Choice! Exclusively For All Janet Stears 101 0.2 N/A
Majority 75 0.2
Turnout 48,957 60.6 +1.5

THE BNP LAST CONTESTED THE SEAT General Election 2001

Labour Geraint Davies 21,643 47.2 +1.6
Conservative David Congdon 17,659 38.5 –0.1
Liberal Democrat Paul Booth 5,156 11.2 +0.4
UKIP James Feisenberger 545 1.2 +0.7
BNP Linda Miller 449 1.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony John Cartwright 408 0.9 N/A
Majority 3,984 8.7
Turnout 45,860 59.1 –10.5%

Cliff Le May stood for the BNP in Uxbridge in 2005 beating all the other minor parties coming 4th

Conservative John Randall 16,840 49.0 +1.9
Labour Roderick Dubrow-Marshall 10,669 31.0 −9.9
Liberal Democrat Tariq Mahmood 4,544 13.2 +2.9
BNP Cliff le May 763 2.2 N/A
Green Stephen Young 725 2.1 N/A
UKIP Robert Kerby 553 1.6 −0.2
National Front Peter Shaw 284 0.8 N/A
Majority 6,171 18.0
Turnout 34,378 59.4 +1.9

THE BNP got 3,878 votes in the area of Croydon in the recent European Elections in June 2009

In 2008 The BNP came 4th in the voting area of Croydon and Sutton.

Richard Barnbrook British National Party
1st choice votes 5,845 3.36%
2nd choice votes 11,420 7.74%

A strong showing for the BNP in Croydon could well be helped by the turmoil in the Tory party and whether or not Mr Pelling stands or not and so splits the Tory vote and the diminishing Labour vote, The local voters really only have the BNP to turn to if they want a party which will work for them.